How to provide mouthcare for those who resist may not be something you have to think about unless you are a carer. Below are some Tips & Coping strategies from Mouth Care Without A Battle [University of North Carolina]. Unfortunately there is no one solution, and techniques which are found to be helpful may need …
Be Your Own Best Friend – five ways to make it happen… Have you ever noticed how you talk to yourself in a way you’d never talk to your friends? Or how you’ll run around saying yes to everyone else, doing favours for others and putting their needs above your own? Chances are, you’ve said …
After a, shall we say, ‘interesting’, start to the year it’s finally time for many of our little ones to get back to school. You’ve got the uniform bought, read, re read and discussed all communications from school about what the new normal will look like. Have you thought about break and lunchtime? Learn more …
Blog post by Tim Ives, Dental hygienist and co founder LipZip.net Nose breathing is our first line of defence against inhalation of micro-organisms. Given the current COVID-19 global focus on face masks in order to prevent the spread of infection, I believe what is more important is the way we breathe when we are wearing …
Tooth sensitivity can be a problem for many. Summer is one of those seasons many of us look forward to – brighter evenings, summer holidays – or in these Covid pandemic days, staycations, trips to the seaside and of course (usually) sunshine and warmer weather. With warmer weather often comes cooler drinks and more frozen …
Updated May 2022 So, you finally feel less zombie like, you’re starting to get baby into more of a routine, perhaps started weaning, and then BAM – here comes a tooth! Some little ones are born with a tooth (or teeth) already in situ, but more often, teeth begin to appear around 6 months when …
On a scale of 1 to 10, how healthy do you think your mouth is – 1 being pretty darn awful and 10 being blooming brilliant? It’s a hard one to guesstimate and anyway, what would you do with that number? A bit of a pat on the back or a ‘must try harder’? Growing …
Single tufted brush? That well known song reminds us that ‘we get by with a little help from our friends’ but do you have a single tufted one? If not, the chances are you could do with one! Single tufted toothbrushes are incredibly useful cleaning tools to use ALONGSIDE your usual toothbrush and interdental cleaning …
We all know it’s important to clean our real teeth, but what about if we have dentures? Well – plaque biofilm develops on ALL surfaces in your mouth, INCLUDING on the surfaces of appliances, such as dentures, making it equally important to look after your dentures as you would your teeth. After all, we use …
No this isn’t a blog post about Thomas the Tank Engine, we are talking chewing gum! You may have heard through the grapevine (or from your dental team) that chewing sugar free gum throughout the day can be beneficial to your oral health. Well, they are absolutely correct! Over the last 50 years our eating …
